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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of Ely and the prior and convent. That this separation had not taken place in … is rendered improbable by the line of this boundary and also by the fact that until the last century Wisbech St. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … The burgesses were given the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild … the markets and the port and to pave, cleanse, light, and watch the streets. The chief consequences of this Act were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William Skortred … Skortred, a plague victim, as representative of Barton ward. The total number of burials during the year was 206, including 42 in September and 20 in October, as opposed to an average of about 60 a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by … obsolete in 1837. Corp. Rec. ii, 177. Presumably each ward was represented by one of the 'ten men' or capital …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… John Wing was appointed to the office at a salary of £35, and a new post of chamberlain was created. 4 In 1849 the town clerk's salary was £45 a year, and he also drew £15 a year as clerk to the Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage and £25 as clerk to the Charity Trustees. 5 A beadle is …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Parish Tower Liberty = St Peter ad Vincula (in the Bailey) Ward Tower (Street) Date 1553 Barts (?) Parish St Bartholomew … hearings 28 June 1570 Entry 'On 28 June the President and censors decided that Gregory Wisdam should pay a fine of £6 if Hector Nones could prove the charge of wicked and ignorant conduct in administering a clyster to a certain …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … to a clothing club. 19 In 1786 it was stated that Samuel Ward gave £5 by will for the poor, but this charity was lost …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … a chapelry, in the parish of Beetham, union and ward of Kendal, county of Westmorland, 7 miles (W. N. W.) …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have … or Woodbury hills. Witley Court, the property of Lord Ward, is a spacious and elegant mansion, beautifully situated …